Popularly considered the bastion of cute, family-friendly, casual gaming, the Wii, it seems, has a dirty little secret. Against the odds, it now has Gunblade NY and LA Machine Guns. Bringing together two classics once confined to rasping cabinets in neon-lit arcades, both are light-gun games, meaning they originally required huge plastic firearms wired to the machines to play. Pokémon is absolutely not in attendance.

The conversion to Wii allows its remote to serve as a make-believe gun, but the concept and execution remain the same: point your weapon at the screen and let the hapless cannon fodder that wanders into view feel your wrath with a torrent of virtual bullets. It's a simple enough concept, but falls far from the remit of the typical Wii game and that alone makes this an intriguing release.

Sega's double pack is somewhat rudimentary, but with almost enough extras in the form of new modes and scoring methods to offset the lack of a rattling plastic machine gun, it has a no-frills charm that will certainly delight retro-fantasist gamers who remember the arcade release.

For those with more contemporary tastes, it might feel a little dated, but the popularly perceived Wii gamer was never the target market for this defiantly nostalgic glimpse into action gaming history.